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Gothic NightmaresFuseli, Blake and the Romantic Imagination, 15 February - 1 May 2006
Gothic Nightmares

Works in Focus: The Nightmare

The Nightmare·Titania and Bottom·Titania Awakening·Satan Starting from the Touch of Ithuriel's Spear
detail from: Henry Fuseli, The Nightmare, Exhibited 1782

THE VICTIM
This voluptuous young woman has been connected with Anna Landolt, the object of Fuseli’s unrequited passion when he was in Zurich in 1779. Her provocative costume and pose suggests a queasy mixture of pain and sensual pleasure.

Full Image

The Imp or 'Mara'

The Victim

The Horse

The Furniture

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